by Cave Escape (website)
63 Mansfield Road, NG1 3FN
1-6 players
£7.50
Languages: EN
not on sale
Player review
Review by Anne expert
Santa and the elves has disappeared. Can you find them and save christmas?
Nicely drawn images with click through puzzles. A bit of humour and some good easy puzzles.
Our biggest regret was the navigation! Even though this was built on telescape, there were no 360 degree images and it wasn't clear when what your co-players did, also effected what you could see. With just two players we kept stepping on each others toes - closing down windows while the other player was trying to solve a puzzle - closing their view too. It was nearly impossible to solve a simple jigzaw because we kept getting hold of the same puzzle piece and dragging in different directions (when we rate this illogical - this is the part we mean).
Outside knowledge was needed. Quite easy, but that just meant that it actually didn't have any value - it is dangerous to assume that every culture would know these things AND if you knew, you didn't even feel clever. Would have been better to leave this part out.
We really liked the puzzle in the toy factory - usually we don't like anagrams, but this was quite easy and still a bit clever in how it became visible. The reindeer puzzle didn't make sense to us. Too many ways to read the clues. Luckily the hint function worked. A few math based puzzles as well. Nothing difficult.
The humour was toilet based. The acting was nice. Great story to build a bit of holiday spirit.